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The expenditure of the Education Department in 1930 was $1,662,179.55 and the revenue collected from Government School fees was $209,945.02.
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
The University of Hong Kong was incorporated under a local University Ordinance, 1911, and opened in 1912. It is a residential University and open to students of both sexes.
The late Sir Hormusjee Mody bore the entire expense of the erection of the main building and additions have been made through the liberality of benefactors of varied nationality and domicile. The latest addition to the buildings is a workshop built out of a contribution from Sir Robert Ho Tung.
The annual income of the University now amounts to about $892,000 of which about $290,000 comes from endowments and $390,000 from Government. Messrs. Butterfield and Swire gave £40,000 to the original endowment fund and subsequently $100,000 for engineering equipment. The Rockefeller Institution has endowed the University with three chairs in surgery, medicine and obstetrics, the endowment being in each case $250,000.
The Government Grant was increased in 1930 from $90,000 to $390,000 to meet additional expenditure due mainly to the fall in Exchange.
The annual expenditure now amounts to about $846,000.
The University includes the three Faculties of Medicine, Engineering and Arts. Admission to all faculties is conditional upon passing the matriculation examination of the University or some examination recognised as equivalent thereto.
The Faculty of Medicine provides a six-year course of study in the usual pre-medical and medical sciences, leading to the degree of M.B. and B.S. The degrees of M.D. and M.S. may be obtained for postgraduate work. The degrees above mentioned are recognised by the General Medical Council for registration in Great Britain.
The Faculty of Engineering provides a four-year course in practical and theoretical engineering, leading to the degree of B.Sc. (Eng.). Fourth-year students specialize in civil, mechanical or electrical engineering. The degree for post-graduate work is that of M.Sc. (Eng.).
The Faculty of Arts includes departments of pure arts and science, social science, commerce and a department for training teachers. The course is in all cases one of four years and leads to the degree of B.A. The degree for post-graduate work is that of M.A.
With a view to securing the maintenance of the desired standard, which is in all three faculties that of a British University degree, external examiners are, in all faculties, associated with the internal examiners in all annual final examinations. In the Faculty of